Ace n' Lace: Fall Break 2014- Rhode Island

We went to Rhode Island!

One of the things we are REALLY loving about being back in school is all of the breaks!

We LOVE traveling, friends and especially our family so when we get to put all those things together we are pretty happy.

We actually spent the nights in Swansea Massachusetts but spent most of the time in Providence and Newport Rhode Island.

We toured several mansions including the Vanderbilt Mansion.

We saw over 5,000 amazingly decorated pumpkins at the Roger Williams Zoo in Providence.

We ate great food, swam and made some great memories.

For the 1 hr plus tour of the Vanderbilt Mansion Ace and Garret looked a lot like the above picture.

This is one of my very favorite memories!

Garret was so engaged and I loved hearing him repeat things he had heard from the audio tour.

The kids audio tour was set up as if the house were talking to you, telling you all about his secrets and stories. Those two boys, and that above picture just melt me!

Reid did pretty great as well. He wasn't interested in the headphones and kept asking to go outside, but I got to do the entire tour...just at a little faster pace.

We were quiet and well behaved for far too long!

The sweet husbands took the kiddos so the wives could do a servants mansion tour. We kept comparing everything to Downton Abbey. Thank goodness BBC is keeping us educated:-)